Subway says lab tests it commissioned show its chicken had only trace amounts of soy.
That comes after a Canadian Broadcasting Corp. show reported that tests showed only about half the DNA from Subway chicken samples was from chicken. The rest was mostly from soy.
After calling the report's test "stunningly flawed," Subway followed up by saying it sent chicken samples to two labs and the results from both found soy protein to be less than 1 percent.
"The allegation that our chicken is only 50% chicken is 100% wrong," Subway President and CEO Suzanne Greco said in a release.
Subway says it sent the results of its test to the CBC and is demanding a retraction and apology.
"Our chicken is 100% white meat with seasonings, marinated, cooked and delivered to our restaurants," said Dave Theno, Subway's Chief of Food Safety & Quality. "The chicken has no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives. Through years of testing, we've never seen results like the program claimed."
The CBC has stood by its report, saying Wednesday it tested multiple Subway chicken samples from southern Ontario. It noted that DNA tests don't reveal the exact amount of chicken in a product, but are an indicator of its proportion of animal DNA.

Subway says lab tests it commissioned show its chicken had only trace amounts of soy.

That comes after a Canadian Broadcasting Corp. show reported that tests showed only about half the DNA from Subway chicken samples was from chicken. The rest was mostly from soy.

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After calling the report's test "stunningly flawed," Subway followed up by saying it sent chicken samples to two labs and the results from both found soy protein to be less than 1 percent.

"The allegation that our chicken is only 50% chicken is 100% wrong," Subway President and CEO Suzanne Greco said in a release.

Subway says it sent the results of its test to the CBC and is demanding a retraction and apology.

"Our chicken is 100% white meat with seasonings, marinated, cooked and delivered to our restaurants," said Dave Theno, Subway's Chief of Food Safety & Quality. "The chicken has no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives. Through years of testing, we've never seen results like the program claimed."

The CBC has stood by its report, saying Wednesday it tested multiple Subway chicken samples from southern Ontario. It noted that DNA tests don't reveal the exact amount of chicken in a product, but are an indicator of its proportion of animal DNA.